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While the reigning world champion suffered from a bout of red mist, F1's new Iceman didn't skip a beat to strengthen his championship lead. With that, our winners and losers from an eventful Spanish Grand Prix.
Winner: Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri, McLaren
Photo by: Sam Bagnall / Motorsport Images via Getty Images

McLaren as a whole can be called a winner for more than just ...Keep reading

Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix was red-flagged in the closing stages after a serious accident involving Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist.
Foster was running two places behind Rosenqvist with 17 laps remaining in the 100-lap event when a suspension failure sent him into the outside wall and careening down into Rosenqvist, who was braking for the corner ahead. 
What resulted were ...Keep reading

Alex Palou, the two-time defending champion, was restarting seventh with 28 laps to go in Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix when he was hit from behind the trailing David Malukas heading into the street circuit’s opening corner, nudging Palou’s No. 10 Honda into the tire barrier on the outside wall.
 
Unable to get his car refired and out of the barrier, Palou’s day came to a ...Keep reading

The FIA race stewards have taken no further action against Charles Leclerc for making contact with Max Verstappen in Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix - meaning the Ferrari driver has retained his podium position.
On a lap 61 safety car restart, Verstappen lost momentum with a huge oversteer moment out of the final corner as he tried to get his hard tyres up to speed against drivers around him on ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has described the Spanish Grand Prix as “the worst race I’ve experienced” after finishing sixth in the Formula 1 contest at Barcelona.
The seven-time world champion was in an extremely downbeat mood, having crossed the line two spots lower than he started before gaining a position post-race due to Max Verstappen’s 10s penalty.
This was despite a good start from ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s clash with George Russell has taken the headlines from the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, which saw the reigning world champion given a 10-second penalty and three penalty points.
The penalty dropped the Red Bull driver to 10th place in the Barcelona race results, while he is just one penalty point away from facing a race ban as he has collected 11 in a 12-month period. His ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella admitted that Max Verstappen's three-stop strategy at the Spanish Grand Prix had the team worried, having initially believed the four-time Formula 1 champion's approach was "not going to be a problem".
Verstappen made his first stop at the end of the 13th lap, trading his softs for an identical set - given the timing, it was understood by McLaren that the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has refused to fully comment on the clash with George Russell at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix that has put him on the edge of a race ban.
The Red Bull driver was given a 10-second penalty for colliding with Russell during the closing laps of the Barcelona race, having appeared to follow orders from his team to let the Mercedes driver through after their initial clash at Turn ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen received three penalty points on top of a 10-second time penalty after a bizarre incident in the final laps of the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, where he appeared to deliberately collide into George Russell’s Mercedes.
The sanction left him classified 10th after finishing fifth on the road, and with a total of 11 penalty points for the current 12-month period. If that figure ...Keep reading

George Russell has accused Max Verstappen of deliberately crashing into him during the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix and claimed the move was “totally unnecessary”.
Drama escalated in Barcelona after the lap 61 safety car restart, as third-placed Verstappen was immediately put under pressure from behind following a slide out of the final corner.
Charles Leclerc first overtook him down the ...Keep reading

Piastri strikes back
After losing out on two consecutive weekends, Oscar Piastri responded like a true championship contender in Barcelona. It wasn’t a straightforward win, that’s for sure. On Saturday, the Australian recovered from a disappointing first lap in Q3 to steal pole from his teammate Lando Norris by over two-tenths. On Sunday, he delivered when it mattered.
Piastri got off to ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris home to hand McLaren a 1-2 win at Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen was demoted to 10th after seeing red in a battle with Charles Leclerc and George Russell.
Piastri led from pole into Turn 1, while Verstappen jumped Norris by swooping around the outside of the second McLaren.
Behind them there was an intense battle between the Ferraris and ...Keep reading

The original headline for Saturday’s IMSA race report read something like “BOP be damned, Porsche Penske proves perfection again in Detroit”…before the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac and #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing cars instantly changed it, not two-minutes later. The lesson here is that endurance racing can be unpredictable, and never write a lede to a story before you see the whole ...Keep reading

Formula E experienced a mixed weekend in Shanghai, with a variety of weather conditions, podium finishers and strategies across both days of the double-header.
Here are your winners and losers from the championship’s time in China.
Winner: DS Penske

Race winner Maximilian Guenther, DS Penske, Jean-Eric Vergne, DS Penske
Photo by: DPPI

History was made during the first ...Keep reading

Details have emerged of Lance Stroll's absence for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix grid as the Canadian battled worsening pain in his right hand and wrist.
Late on Saturday night, hours after Stroll qualified 14th for the Barcelona race, Aston Martin released a statement saying its driver would not take part in the race, meaning Fernando Alonso is the sole Aston driver on the grid of 19 ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has explained why he expected Red Bull to be closer in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix as the FIA's front wing flexing clampdown appears overblown.
Competitors had hoped the FIA's decreased tolerance for front wing flexing would have reduced McLaren's advantage on the rest of the field, but that theory has been put to bed after the papaya ...Keep reading

Aston Martin F1 driver Lance Stroll was a late withdrawal from the Spanish Grand Prix, complaining of pain in the hand and wrist – after-effects of a medical procedure he underwent after a cycling accident on the eve of the 2023 season.
But the timing of the decision meant it was too late to slot in a replacement.
In theory, Aston Martin has a reserve driver available – 2022 F2 champion ...Keep reading

In the development of its W16 for 2025, Mercedes has invariably retained one of its key weaknesses from last season – poor thermal management, particularly at the rear axle.
Although this is actually beneficial in colder races, as demonstrated by its dominance of 2024's Las Vegas race, Mercedes is susceptible to overheating its tyres amid higher temperatures.
Both Mercedes drivers ...Keep reading

The Spanish Grand Prix used to be a byword for dull, processional racing, but that has changed – if only a little – in recent years.
That’s because while the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a known quantity, having been on the calendar since 1991, it’s slightly less intensively known than it used to be, since it’s no longer used as a venue for pre-season testing. The drivers could ...Keep reading

Daniel Dye earned his sixth top ten finish of the 2025 season on Saturday night, placing ninth at Nashville and scoring stage points in both Stage 1 and Stage 2.
However, Dye's No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet failed rear height checks, resulting in a post-race disqualification. Nearly all of the 35 points he scored are now gone as he will now finish 38th, scoring just one point. Dye was set to ...Keep reading